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sTANLEY's PROGRESS.
HIS Expedition Marching ZIP the
Congo to stanley Pool.

HIS Expedition Marching ZIP the
Congo to STANLEY Pool.
Advices from Banza Mundeka, Con
90, dated Morch Goth, say:
Henry Nj. Stanley, with his expe-
dition for the relief of Emin Pasha,
has arrived here. All the members of
the party are well. Mr.. Stanley has
decided to take a route yway of Stan
ley falls for Emin's camp at Wadelai.
He will restore the authority of the In
ternational Association at Stanley falls,
install Tippu lib, and afterward ascend
the Inburn, which is now known to be
for a great part nayigable. At the
point where navigation ceases the cara
van will start across country, striking
the Albert Nyanza at Murswur, where
Stanley intends to form a fortified
camp, and then send in advance boats
to warn Emin of the arrival Of the ex-
petition, and solicit transportation to
Wadelai by Emin's two steamers.
The caravan, which presents an i'm
posing spectacle, is about to leave here
Tor Leopoldville. The association
steamer Stanley, the Livingstone mis-
sion steamer Henry Read, and the
trading steamer Florida will carry the
expedition to the Upper Congo.
The enterprise has caused sensa-
ton among the natives. Many men
from the factories at Banana and Bona
are flocking to join the expedition,
news having spread of the return of
the white prophet whs will'restOre or
der among the people.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11
Fair Dealing.

In mentioning day or two ago some
of the reasons why we were opposed to
giving to the President of the United
States the discriminating veto power,
we said
"Mr. Cleveland killed the last river
and harbor bill by pocket veto. If
he had had a discriminating veto he
would have made law which would
have pleased himself and other New
Workers, but nobody in the South or
West"
That language wasof course intended
to imply-what the whole tone Of our
article testified to be our meaning-that
Mr.. CLEVELAND, being a New Yorker,
and having the power to veto items in
river-and-harbor bill, would naturally
be 80 much better acquainted with the
merits of the New York items than with
the merits OF the Virginia, or the Ore
gon, or the California, or the Texas
items. that he would allow the New
York items to remain in the bill, and
strike out the items appropriating
money to streams with whose claims
he was not acquainted. We said in SO
many words that the appropriation bills
would, if they became laws, contain one
set OF items if passed upon by q New
England President, a different set il
passed upon by California or Oregon
President, third set if passed upon
by a southern President, and so ON to
the end Of the chapter. All these we
set down as indisputable facts,
due to the inirmities OF human
nature, but facts nevertheless. Our
article clearly showed that the remark
first above quoted was intended not ~
reflection upon Mr.. CLEVELAND, but
simply to imply that hs was made of
the same material as other men. Surely
in saying that New England Presi-
dent would veto one set OF items, q
California or Oregon President O Sc
cond SET, southern President third
set, and so on TO the end Of the chapter,
we implied that there would be no
wrong doing contemplated by the veto
ing President, let him come from what
section he would.
And here is what the Petersburg
Inde1-APpoai charges US with nsying.
We quote:
sThe Dispatch specifically says that Mr..
Cleyelsnds objection 10 the lsst riycr-snd-har-
Dor bin was on sccount Of the appropriations
u contained for the South aud West and that
having Tho light 10 discriminate he would have
disfogarced the necessities and wishes OF those
SECTIONS and collected for approval the items
under which New York MAS tho Beneficiary, A
high opinion, truly. our neighbor has OF the ca
tbeiicism, the honesty, the political scu-
men, and the respect for puelic opln-
ION Of Our Democratic President II this
thing BE- true, the sooner We have Ne Constitu.
floa amended, shs Issue drsgn, Mr.. Cleveland
Tr0aadsd 70 prifsss We, and { FTtsidsp
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11
History lis Writ.

Colonel FRANK HATToN, known to
fame os the man who named 80 many
post.oflic, for himself when he was in
the Post C flee Department under the
last Administration, is editing the Chi
cago Mail. He has been very quiet
recently, hut has, il seems, been keep
ing up a terrific thinking. He now
bursts into the arena of military his
tory and criticism with the following
brilliant deliverance
"Bonaparte would not be remem-
hered if his career was made up OF de-
fcats. fits victories overshadowed
them. Lees victories, such as they
were, are overshadowed by his de-
feats."
War discussion will now close. His
tory "is writ" There is nothing to
be done but pass around the hat to
raise funds to present the editor of the
Mail with cap and bells.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11
Tho world Moves.
abilene (Kan.) Reflector.

C. c. Biting, Esq, has received a
copy Of the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch
from the Hon. ]. l.. NJ Curry, United
States Minister at Madrid, Spain. The
paper is of late date, and its trip from
Richmond TO Madrid, and from the lat
ter city to Abilene, is an illustration of
the wonderful age in which We live. In
3 few days from date of publication it
was received at Madrid. Ii contained
an article that Minister Curry desired
MIR. Biting TO read, and in about ten
days IL was in Abilene. Less than a
century ago it would have taken a. long
q time to be delivered across the little
State of Delaware.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

The Philadelphia Times says: "Be-
fore long the question is likely to be,
not will England let Canada go. but
will the United States let Canada in =? "
If we don't let Canada in very soon she
will be a penal colony, and then we
won't want her.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11
The semi-Centennisi OF Davidson
College.

On June 18th and 10th OF this year
(1SSO Davidson College will celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary Of its eristence.
All OF the Alumni are especially re-
quested 10 join in making the semi
centennial OF their Alma Mater success,
and all who feel an interest in the col
lege are cordially invited TO attend.
STUDENTS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

Congressman WAKEFIELD, of
Minnesota, is inclined to favor JOIN
SHERMAN's nomination for the presi-
dency, and he adds: SHERMAN is not
so much of an icicle as he is represent
ed to be-" Well, there is some truth
in that. JOHN is growing small by de-
erees and beautifully less.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11
Literary Societies of the Virginia
Military Institute.


LEXINGTON, Va. May 8, 1887.
The annual contest for medals in the
Cadet Literary Society OF the Virginia
Military Institute came off last night.
The audience was quite large and the
contest very close. The society was
called to order and opened by the pre-
sident, Mr.. ID. Flanagan, of New
York. After long consultation the
committee awarded the medals as fol-
lows Debater's, to Mr.. Z. b. Dubuis-
son, of Louisiana; Orators, to Mr. r.
r. Kane, of Virginia. This lastmen-
toned speech was eloquently delivered
and was well written. The declaim-
er's medal was awarded to Mr.. II. T.
Goodwin, OF Virginia. This medal
was closely contested for, and il was
with difficulty decision was reached.
The annual contest for medals comes
Off in the Dialectic Literary Society
next Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

The Philadelphia North American
asks "When Philadelphia has been
made a perfectly honest community,
what will its lawyers do ?" The law
yers need not become alarmed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

The highest price yet paid for as
much a. twelve acres OF land was OBJ
tanned by Messrs. r. b. Chafiir A Co.
on yesterday for the land on west
Cary street owned by the late Gus.
Lugnot. Price, $l,666.67 per acre.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

DICHMOND FUENiTgE.0
IL COMPANY, No. 1880 Vain =
manufactures all kinds or b a. hNI III
CHAN aud pARLOk i.r
LOUNGES, MATTRESSES sui 10.
CUAlLs. TABLES. snd DESKS. A....l' q
fun line cf REFBlGFRArOhS a1I ..
CARRIAGES; also. the genuine t..'''
CHAIRS. II In want call. vii civ" ''v
faction 90 sriiciss. price. and as'nrnmH. DBL
RICHMOND FURNIIUhE tOHfA'h
NH .a-1m 1887 h4II
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

The New York Worlds reporter wit
lily says that the stories BILL ARP told
in bis lecture there the other night are
good, "and have always been so re-
garded." Also. that the persons who
left the hall before the lecture was
ended will regret it "when they come
TO lecture themselves"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11
FIRE IN DURHAM.
TobaccO-FactOry DestrOyed-L y
and Insurance.
Special telegram to the Dispatch.

Special telegram to the Dlspatch.l
DURHAM, n. c., May 10.-A fire oc-
CURED here at 9 o'clock last night by
which the plug-tobacco factory of Cor
bett, Burch & Co., with the entire con-
tents of the building, was consumed.
A severe thunderstorm was prevailing
at the time, and it is currently believed
that lightning struck the building, set
ting it on fire. One of the members of
the firm thinks the fire started in the
dry-room. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, covered by insurance as fol-
lows: The Continental had $1,000 on
building; and the following arethe risks
On stock-viz., Continental, $1,000 (;
Liverpool and London and Globe,
$1,000; st. Paul, $1,000; Norwich
Union, $1,000 Sun Mutual, Sl,G50
Hibernia, $1,000; ON machinery, Ro-
ster-German, 81, 900; Virginia Fire
and Marine, $3.50: North Carolina
Home, $500. There is probably small
salvage on machinery.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

UNANMoUsLY.--The Washington cor
respondent of the Wheeling Register
says:
From what I have heard on the
subject here may venture the predic-
ton that Mr.. Faulkner will be seated
by practically unanimous vote of the
Senate. Every Democrat will vote to
sustain the Legislative action. Few Re
publicans, if any, will not do So"
If Mr.. Lucas is the lawyer his
friends represent him to be, he will
not contest Mr.. FAULKSER's election.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

II will be seen from the sale reported
in another column made by Messrs. r.
b. Chsffin & Co. to Major John w.
johnson, Major James ii. Dooley, and
Major Joseph Bryan Of twelve acres
for $40, 900, that property near our city
is still advancing, and our capitalists
reslize that We have bright future.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

A poet writes 81 know sweet songs
/ cannot sing" That's what's the mat
ter with most spring poets, we guess.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11
BRIEF COMMENT.

"The Baltimore and Ohio is being
sold again" And so is the public.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11
WEDNESDAY. MAY IL, 1887
"Reforo" and " After"

The reader must have seen pictures
of men Before and CATER they had
taken certain wonderful medicines.
The skeleton labelled Before has
been transformed into the healthy, ro-
bust man labelled CATER" Reverse
this process, and you have Virginia as
she was when she contracted her debt
full of life, strength, and activity-and
Virginia now that sheis chased through
the courts as mendicant.
The following tables tell the whole
story. Taxable values in 1859 over one
thousand million of dollars. Taxable
values in 1887 less than four hundred
millions. Read for yourself as follows:
CONDENSED COMPARATIVE sTATEHKST OF THB
pRET AND RESOURCES or VIRGINIA FOR Fiscal
YEARS BINDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1853, AND sEP-
TESBER 80, 1855:
SEPTEMBER 80, 1859.
G. Debt (usesgs and documents
1880, No. 4. page V........S SO,lSO.Sl6 %
b. Assets Senate Journal ana
documents 1890, No. 30,
page Observation-Disclosures. % ool SOY y
Receipts message and docu-
ments 1890, No. >, page
AZ. .......... ..''''...'...,b ''oVo'V'A VI
Disbursements message and
p.gs seO'..'.,"....'........ 4,sss 40 IS
Excess Of receipts over dis
burssmsnts. ................'s - - ot,Ssl %
Taxable values message and
documents iS50-'6O No. 8,
page $40 ............'...'.. .S,Vfs,so o'sSs 30
SEPTEMBER 80. 1885
e. Debt Second Auditors report
September ~, 1886. pagsl5ls 3',S7,eO IS
A,seis R.id BY sinking tundD.
dl67s shares OF the
Richmond, Frod-
ericksburs and
Potomac railroad
stock and diyi-
dend oblige- FACE Vola>. MARKET Vdly,.
tons. ..........s 1880 COS 5H5So %
O. Virginia new IS
(Riddleberger's). s,A2, 03 60 l,5O2,l69 81
Assets thelG by BOdTd
az Public Works.
f. Virginia new SIS
Rddleberger's). 10000 % i0e3H %
Bonds Of 1redegar
Company, dated
March 10, 1888,
due March 10,
looS.............. O,AO % 300 %
o. Old State bonds
turned over 20
Board OF Public
Works by Rich
mond and DAn-
Vile Raj lroad
Company........ Jl6D 80 8.SjO W
1881 shares of
Chesapeake and -
Ohio railway. l,1b2.lOO W lUV,UOJ w
2QeOs shares OF Alex
andria canal
Company. 25SUU W nOmltaL
Asss7s5 o5 s,2i6,s9s 70
Receipts report OF Auditor Of
Public Accounts Septem-
Der 80. 1866. .................t s,O3,i31 -
Disbursements report of Au
ditor OF Public Accounts Sep
tsmber 80. 1Ss6I. s,755.Os5 81
Excess Of receipts over dis
burSemclts. lH,tOl 10
Taxable values report Of Au-
ditor of Public Accounts sep
tembsr 80 1856, pages IS, '6,
-. as, and 90 ................S o15.9.SBJ ~
a. on which isteresI was panctually paid as
applied for.
B. OF which s1OO5 ,5Si.65 were productive
during the preceding fiscal year, yielding s63l,-
1905.
ages Of interest amounting 70 t6704,905.23.
d. Acts Of Assembly Of 1888 aud 1884, page
14S
.. Dedicated 70 interest on public debt Acts
If Assembly Of 1888 and 1884, page $50
T. Dedicated 10 a public building ~ be used
zs library and public Offices. Acts Of Assem-
bly, Of 1873 and 1884, page ib9.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

Old newspapers for sale at the Dis
patch Office. Price twenty-five cents
per hundred.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11
Mrs.. OLDHAM. wife Of tho well.known English
Cricketer, VI. Washington, says:

Mrs. OLDHAM, wife Of tho wellknown English
Cricketer, NJ. Washington, says:
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lie or no rest. | would often lie awake All
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two bottles Of Stumpfs Iron and Wild Cherry
Tonic. and an now feeling stronger and sleep
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Mr.. G. HEROLD, south Register street, says;
~ have used Stumpfs Iron and Wild Cherry
Tonic for chronic cough, and IL IS the oniy
medicine tlat ever gave mo relief
Mr. j. II. BARNES says:
81 havo used stumpfs Iron and Wild Cherry
Tonic with tho test results. 1t is new blood,
new energy, and new life 10 the weary and OK
leustsd body and mind.'
MES. KFRNER, No. north Wolfe street, says;
"Hy bale was suffering very much from
colo and crsmp. gave her a half winegla.s-
ful Of StumJfs lion and Wild Cherry lonic'
II cased her in a little while, and she went TO
,lOep, and aWoke bright and cheerful
Mrs. ROSFNTHAL.2 81 north Wolfe street, says:
~ have u. ed Stumpf's Iron and wild Cherry
Tonic for sioeplessneas, and ! think That -
nerSine IL I az 10 rival Ia tho world"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11
IL u Il NIT U Il Z

would call attention - parties Far ~
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SuITS-One In solid Mahogany; l
BOARD. These goods ara nner tHar
csrry ia stock. ana win maze Sp.lIt. .'
PRICES 10 close them out II Will t'
harm 70 know my prices amt 500 wF
before buying. 4. GAfHNiUi ~NN,
Re l3-Sm No. ibtOsrf-. --' o.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-11

I YR. GUIDE. advertising agent for James Pyle 4
sons, says:
al have used II as a strengthening tonic for
nv wife and babe, and it knocks anything ous.
For those suffering from sleepessnes5 II -
worth its weight in gold"
Mr.. BURBAGE, the genial salesman Of Markell
Brothers, says MN.
81 have used Stumpfs Iron md Wild Cherry
Tonic when worn out and completely exhaust
cd II Il q new life giyer TO- IL instantly rcyyos
and Strengthens you. There 10 nothing Ike H."
DIR. BOONE, tho well-known surgeon, says;
"Ihave used umpfs Iron and Wild cherry
Tonic for coughs and colds, both for myself ana
family, with she most gratifying results. Asa
tonic, especially for women and children, IL has
no equal.n
Mr.. GEBHARDT, barber, north Wslfe street.
Gays:
81 have been troubled for years with nervous
and fatnleLt dyspepsia, which, after meals
swelled me so as % make meal drea1 III
stead Of pleasure was irritable, despOnh-
cnt and discontented. and beset by all the tram
OF evils that follow that dreaded disease, dys-
uepsis used the Iron and Wild Cherry Tonic
Tor a week, ana now feel like a new man.
hsye had 20 return Of the disease nor any un-
coapfortable feeling, but am confronted AMI
happy, and think the Iron and Wild Chorry
Tonic worth is weight in gold"
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Tomorrow two negro men will be
tried at Macon Superior Court for muir
deriDg a man named Phillips. The
crime was committed in Jackson coun-
ty, but upon tine prisoners application
the case was moved.
The claim is made that Wilmington
has now $4,000 population. Raleigh
has close upon 1900, 10 doubt.
Wilmington has to this date received
over $1,000 more bales OF cotton than
last year.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-01-08
WHAT is SAID ABOUT IT

There is no medicine which has been
offered to the people for the past fifty
years that has attained the popularity
of Pomeroy's Plaster. 1t is an external
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tism, Neuralgia, Backaches hnd all 9th.
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which do not needle doctor, but m ust
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harmless that ANYBODY, old or you z
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worth. physicians everywhere recon-
mend them, and in many instances they
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-01-08
Wintry Weather in the South.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 5-Sleet
and snow have been falling here for
fifteen hours, the fall of snow being
greater than for six years in the up
per sections of the State, and in
Western North Carolina the fall has
been very heavy. This is the second
spell of the kind this winter. The
ground for days has been covered
with ice, entailing great suffering
upon the many thousand head of
cattle which have to depend upon
grass. The lowest temperature dur
ing the spell was IL, The street
cars cannot run.
MACON, GA, JAM, 5.-Snow began
falling here at four o'clock this morn
ing and continued to noon, and reach
ed depth of five inches, the heaviest
snow fall since 1880.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-01-08
Discovery OF a Northern River.

Lieut.. Stoney, who was sent out
by the United States government to
explore Putnam river, Alaska, which
was discovered by him in 1883, has
found a river to the north which the
natives say empties into the Arctic
near Point Barrow. The river is
supposed to be the same as the one
at the mouth Of which Lieut.. Ray
established his headquarters during
his observing expedition. Along the
banks of this river were Indians who
had never before seen q white man.
Lieut.. Stoney afterwards explored
Natak river to its headwaters, and
found it longer than the Putnam.
He intended starting the last Of this
month on series Of explorations
east and north.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-01-08
Mother and Baby MiIIionalres.

Mrs. Kate l.. Terry arrived in New
York Monday in the steamer La
Normandie, from Havre. She brought
with her her baby son and two little
French nurses. The baby is the only
child of the late Juan P. Terry, son
of Thomas Terry. Thomas Terry
died, leaving from $50,O00,00O to
$70,00O,OO0 and his baby grandson
is heir to $5,0O0,00O at the least.
Mrs. Terry herself is the. possessor
Of 81 100000 and has the baby's i'm
mense income also. Mrs. Terry was
formerly married to Charlie Billiard,
the Northampton bank burglar, now
in prison in Belgium, but found he
had been previously married and
separated from him.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-01-08
Patriotic Words from Winchester.

WINCHESTER, Va, Ian. 6.--The
city council and mayor of Winches-
ter, in response to the resolutions
passed by the Vermont legislature
thanking the citizens of Winchester
for aiding in the dedication of mon
uments to their fallen sons on the
battlefields Of Cedar Greek and Ope-
quon, September l9, 1885, say: "The
citizens Of Winchester appreciate
highly your words of confidence and
good will and they reiterate the fact
that the monuments which the citi-
zens of Vermont have erected on the
fields of civil strife at Opequon and
Creek to the memory OF their dead,
shall be as faithfully preserved and
as scrupulously protected as if they
stood upon the battlefields of Yer
mont, where Starke's courage illum-
mated the patriotic hearts of Virgin
ians and New Englanders alike in
times that tried mems souls, and
when Washington and Putnam stood
shoulder to shoulder in their COM
mon defense of the freedom of the
colonies.o
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-01-08

Cutting off an Objectionable son
with the angry shilling does not al.
ways succeed. At Orion. in the Low
or Pyrenees, Mirasson had son who
refused to work save only when COM
PEELED by actual want. He preferred
TO sponge on his father, aged &c,
stealing into the house and carrying
off the contents of the cupboard or
pot. Once the father prepared a
tempting soup, poisoned 1t strongly
and went out Later the son broke
in and Ievoured the mess. His suf-
ferings attracted some neighbors,
who saved his life by giving him
strong doses of warm milk. Recov-
cred, he returned to bis old tricks.
A few days ago the father spied the
son entering tile house by q window,
he seized his gun, which had been
specially charged with ball and
buckshot, and shot the young man
dead. After that drastic remedy the
father displayed not the slightest
conjunction in the presence of the
corpse.